Where: Kansas (39.3° N, 99.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 65.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.5 Ma)
• lower part of member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by S. W. Williston in 1876
Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1881. Note on American pterodactyls. American Journal of Science 31:342-343 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93388: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 17.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Pteranodon nanus n. sp." = Nyctosaurus nanus
"Pteranodon nanus n. sp." = Nyctosaurus nanus Marsh 1881 pterosaur YPM 1182, jaw fragments, partial notarium, humerus and scapulocoracoid
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